October has been a busy month. We have done so many things! And have been blessed in so many ways.First off, Thomas and I celebrated our first year of marriage on the 3rd. Since we're poor and General Conference happened to take place on the same weekend,
we decided to stay home and have a low key anniversary. We had a lot of fun, even if we just watched conference, painted cheesy projects, and cleaned our house.When I was a kid, my mom and sister would go pick out some crafts and do them while we watched the different sessions of General Conference. It was supposed to help us stay awake and listen to the prophet. This year, I was able to do the same thing with my husband. We painted our very own Halloween decorations; a pirate ship and a haunted house with sparkled white ghosts.
The weekend after General Conference our friends, Josh and Lydia, came up from Tucson to visit us. We went to the nicest bowling alley that I have ever seen! It was brand new, and was well lit. It didn't smell like smoke, and we had a restaurant server who brought us drinks and appetizers. None of us were very good bowlers, but we had a ton of fun and plan on doing it again in the future.
When Josh and Lydia come to visit us, or whenever we go visit them we will usually go out to eat to someplace new. This time when they came up to visit us, we went to an Ethiopian restaurant. It was really weird, because you eat everything group style and you eat with your hands. I would not recommend going with someone who has a cold! The food was acually pretty good, and it was fun to try something new.
While Josh and Lydia were visiting us, Lydia and I had the opportunity to visit the Arizona State Fair. I have always loved going to the fair - and I would just like to say that the Eastern Idaho State Fair is WAY BETTER! They had a lot of rides (we only went on 2 rides though), but they didn't have the same variety of food (I miss tiger paws), or as many animals to see (but they did have a kangaroo).
And to top everything all off, this week we were lucky enough to go to the U2 concert here in Phoenix. The Black Eyed Peas opened the concert. Thomas had never been to a rock concert before - U2 is an excellent first concert to go to. I enjoyed the concert immensely.And look --> it's The Edge!
We truly live a blessed life.
